Germany -> World - together on one cylinder, with almost no stuff

[Horizonride]

Hey fellow travellers,

my Greek Girlfriend Elli (26) and I (29) are starting our trip around the world at the end of may. We will be riding together on one Yamaha XT660Z Ténéré. So that makes half a cylinder per person ! We will be focussing on minimalism, as our space is pretty limited and keeping away from the standard roads, as we love to dig deep into foreign cultures.

We quit our residence, our jobs, sold everything we possessed including all these very German insurances and put everything on one card for our trip. My girlfriend speaks fluent russian and is adding spanish so we should be able to provide you with a lot of insider informations about the people in the countries we visit.

As for the route: We want to cross the balkans to turkey and Iran, take the renowned Pamir-Highway through the STANS and cross Kazakhztan, Russia and Mongolia to the lake Baikal. From there on we will plan the rest of our trip very flexible. We will just drive and see where the adventure takes us.

If you want you can follow us on Motorrad Weltreise - Horizonride - Immer Richtung Horizont! in German, or on Cover Page - Horizonride - around the world with a XT660Z Ténéré! in English! My girlfriend is a photographer and I am an author, so we will try to provide you with awesome photos and entertaining travelogues. We'd love to hear from you and maybe we see each other on the road :-)!

Save travels and cheers, Elli & Ben

[Roger Richter]

Great... A dream coming true.

A couple of years ago I used to travel with my girlfriend in a similar motorcycle through South America (XT660R) and it was awesome. I have for sure you both gonna have a good experience. Have a nice trip and enjoy.

[aditya raj kapoor]

All the best maybe we wil meet exindia ist april 2017 westbound...Cheers!

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[Lonerider]

Just looked at your site, great stuff
I hope you can keep us up dated on here too
Ride safe

Wayne

[mika]

Hello there,

good website, I wish you all the best for your ride.

The hardest day will be the day you leave home, and the second hardest day will be the day you return there and you realise that nothing much has changed, but you have changed totaly.

Pls keep us up to date here on the Hubb, you could copy/paste an english ride report here.

See you, when you get to Bolivia
mika

[Horizonride]

Hey guys,

thanks a lot for your nice feedback and your good wishes. Of course I'll do my best to keep you updated here. If you use Facebook you can follow us there, too.

I hope to see some of you along the way. Bolivia seems to be a good stop :-)?

Cheers, Ben

[klaus]

And if you should decide to come to Japan, please let me know.

If nothing else I can provide you with information and connections!

Bis dann, macht's gut und viel Spass!

[Horizonride]

Hey guys,

I updated our website with two articles about our finances and the sponsorships we got and how you can get this kind of support, too.

We hope it'll be helpful for you and a fun read!

english: Preparation - Horizonride - around the world with a XT660Z Ténéré!

german: Vorbereitung - Horizonride - Immer Richtung Horizont!

Feedback, questions and comments are very welcome as always :-)!


best wishes, Elli & Ben

@Klaus: thanks for the invite/help! Still not sure about Japan because of the high travel costs but if we do, we'll surely contact you !

[Horizonride]

Hey guys,

after quitting our jobs, selling all our stuff, we are finally 3 weeks into our adventure and now in Konya, Turkey.

We already crashed, lost the cover of our pannier, got stung by hornets and above all have a great time, enjoying our freedom and the fact that everyday brings new adventures and never gets boring.

If you want to know more about our way through Europe and Turkey, you can read it here:

News - Horizonride - around the world with a XT660Z Ténéré!

or on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/horizonride/

All the best from Konya, Elli&Ben

[Horizonride]

Hey guys,

the horror of every tourist in Iran happened: we got arrested and questioned by police and military. Also we've been hosted by a big time drug dealer and got mixed up in the criminal makings of Uzbek smugglers.

Spoiler alert: we are safe now :-)!

Read the full story here and be safe:

Arrested in Iran - Horizonride - around the world with a XT660Z Ténéré!

or here

https://www.facebook.com/horizonride

[aditya raj kapoor]

Originally Posted by mika

Hello there,

good website, I wish you all the best for your ride.

The hardest day will be the day you leave home, and the second hardest day will be the day you return there and you realise that nothing much has changed, but you have changed totaly.

Pls keep us up to date here on the Hubb, you could copy/paste an english ride report here.

See you, when you get to Bolivia
mika

Wow! True....

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[Horizonride]

Hey guys,

finished our first 3 minute Videos about our trips so far with things we have learned and clips from driving the Pamirs and, and, and. If you want, have a look and above all, have fun and get riding :-)!

http://www.horizonride.de/

[Mike Yorkie]

I'm Really enjoying the photos/videos and reports
How are you finding riding two up...on poor roads/trails?